When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
TACITUSThe more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
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Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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By general consent, he would have been capable of ruling, had he not ruled.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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Posterity allows to every man his true value and proper honours.
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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
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Neglected, calumny soon expires, show that you are hurt, and you give it the appearance of truth.
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They make solitude, which they call peace.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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The injustice of a government is proportional to the number of its laws.
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Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
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Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
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Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.
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The most seditious is the most cowardly.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]
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Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
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The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.
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Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
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To rob, to ravage, to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace.
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth, who are wretched.
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Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.
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